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Principal

San Juan Mendoza

Principal

Assistant Principal

Derek Kostelecky		Assistant Principal
Laura Valdez		Assistant Principal

MATHEMATICS

Francesca Davila		8th Grade Math Teacher
Brian Gallo	ex: 26840	6th Grade Math
Reyna Galopo	ex: 26856	SPED Math
Jenessa Mckillip	ex: 66837	Math Inclusion
Michelle Winklepleck	ex: 26842	Math Teacher

English LANGUAGE ARTS

Elena Creamer-Martinez	ex: 26859	ELA 7/8 Teacher, AVID
Rachel Henderson	ex: 26825	Athletic Director ; ELD/ELA
Nivia Hurtado	ex: 26834	Bilingual Social Studies, Spanish Language Arts
Melanie Johnson	ex: 26872	ELD Teacher, AVID
Hadar Maayan	ex: 26821	Gifted Teacher, ELA
Gina Newton-Yarber	ex: 26895	Science, Literary Strategy
Leila Pochop	ex: 26852	SPED English Language Arts

Social Studies

Kenneth Fresquez	ex: 26845	6th Grade Social Studies Teacher
Jessica King	ex: 26872	8th Grade Social Studies Teacher
Michael Perry	ex: 26851	7th Grade Social Studies Teacher

Science

Valerie Aguilar	ex: 26809	SPED Science Teacher
Kyle Waisanen	ex: 26896	6th &7th Grade Science

Electives

Charles Anderson	ex: 26892	Guitar
Alexandria Cerna	ex: 26855	Health Teacher
Dennis Linton	ex: 26858	Study Skills
Carolyn Steplowski	ex: 26888	VBMS Electives Chair, Choir
Thomas Trujillo	ex: 26873	PE Teacher
Cassidy Velez	ex: 26826	Technology/Yearbook
Mason Yordy	ex: 26887	Band/Orchestra

Educational Assistants

Nicholas Aragon		Staff
Bernadette Garcia		Staff
Joshua Savage		Staff
Evelyn Ventura		Staff

Van Buren Falcons

Office Staff

Annette Caine		Staff
Amanda Carbajal	ex: 26863	Community School Coordinator
Christy Romero		Principal Secretary/Bookkeeper

COUNSELING

Elizabeth Fenton	(505) 268-3833 ex: 26810	School Counselor
Freida Trujillo	ex: 26871	School Counselor

SPECIAL EDUCATION

Ray Rodriguez

ex: 26808

Head Special Ed Teacher

Nurse

Speech Language Pathologist

Mary Beth Debevec

mary.debevec@aps.edu

Librarian

Christopher Oglesby

ex: 26875

Librarian

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